Games like Evening Starter
If Evening Starter is your kind of game, the closest matches are Explorers of the Abyss, Magical Valkyrie Lyristia and Kamikaze Kommittee Ouka 2 — picked from the ranked list below. Reviewers single out its customizable firearms add depth, debt drives every decision and lovecraftian horror atmosphere. Each pick is ranked by what players of this game also play, shared genres and tags, and review-mined similarity — not a generic popularity list.
Get personalized picks →About Evening Starter: A classic dungeon crawler RPG. When Ren Nosogi gets caught up in an incident that puts her in massive debt, she must use her skills as a Sweeper to take down an evil cult in order to pay it off.
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Steam players who put hours into Evening Starter also tend to own these titles — a signal called collaborative filtering. imho.run cross-references millions of library ownership patterns to surface games whose real audiences overlap, regardless of whether their genre tags match.
Explorers of the Abyss
WHY THIS
Shares an atmospheric mood with Evening Starter.
Top pick for Evening Starter fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and RPG with Evening Starter.
After Princess Ovelia's father falls ill, it's now up to her to explore the labyrinth known as "the Abyss" and seek a way to restore order to the kingdom.
Magical Valkyrie Lyristia
WHY THIS
Shares a dark mood with Evening Starter.
Second-strongest match for Evening Starter fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Adventure with Evening Starter.
The evil organization Fakker has been terrorizing the residents of the city at night, abducting people left and right. One woman stands against them: Magical Valkyrie Frostia. One day, she saves another woman with the potential to transform and their fate may be changed forever...
Kamikaze Kommittee Ouka 2
WHY THIS
Shares a dark mood with Evening Starter.
Third-strongest match for Evening Starter fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with Evening Starter.
A classic style turn-based RPG. After a spike in crime in the neighborhood of Danmura, "Kamikaze Ouka" is asked to deal with the problem. Seeing how bad the situation has gotten, she agrees to fight the roaming gangs and restore peace to the neighborhood.
Psychic Guardian Super Splendor
WHY THIS
Shares an atmospheric mood with Evening Starter.
Ranked #4 for Evening Starter fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with Evening Starter.
After being captured by a mysterious group, university student Nagisa Kujo hears a voice in her head telling her she needs to escape. She also discovers that when she presses a button on her belt, she becomes clad in combat gear. With her newfound power, Nagisa fights to stop evil.
Lilipalace
WHY THIS
Shares an atmospheric mood with Evening Starter.
Ranked #5 for Evening Starter fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and RPG with Evening Starter.
Women have been disappearing into a mysterious labyrinth... Play as the half-elf knight Seria and uncover the truth in this Dark Fantasy RPG.
7 Girls War
WHY THIS
Shares an atmospheric mood with Evening Starter.
Ranked #6 for Evening Starter fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and RPG with Evening Starter.
A legend passed down for generations says when the world is in peril, seven legendary heroes will come together to face evil and save the world.
Country Girl Keiko
WHY THIS
Shares a dark mood with Evening Starter.
Ranked #7 for Evening Starter fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and RPG with Evening Starter.
Play as Keiko, a socially awkward woman living in a small country village. Explore the town and help her overcome her social anxiety, so she can thrive at her university.
Apostle: Rebellion
WHY THIS
Shares an atmospheric mood with Evening Starter.
Ranked #8 for Evening Starter fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Adventure with Evening Starter.
A sci-fi, turn-based RPG. Humanity has reached a point where the majority of people opt to become cyborgs called Roids. However, social inequality is once again at a breaking point.
Cheaper alternatives
Games in the same vein priced at least 40% below Evening Starter at current Steam store prices.
Garry's Mod
WHY THIS
Priced ~67% under Evening Starter on Steam right now. Shares Indie with Evening Starter.
Garry's Mod is a physics sandbox. There aren't any predefined aims or goals. We give you the tools and leave you to play.
Vampire Survivors
WHY THIS
Priced ~67% under Evening Starter on Steam right now. Shares Action and Indie with Evening Starter.
Mow down thousands of night creatures and survive until dawn! Vampire Survivors is a gothic horror casual game with rogue-lite elements, where your choices can allow you to quickly snowball against the hundreds of monsters that get thrown at you. Be the bullet hell!
R.E.P.O.
WHY THIS
Priced ~53% under Evening Starter on Steam right now. Shares Action with Evening Starter.
An online co-op horror game with up to 6 players. Locate valuable, fully physics-based objects and handle them with care as you retrieve and extract to satisfy your creator's desires.
PEAK
WHY THIS
Priced ~47% under Evening Starter on Steam right now. Shares Action and Indie with Evening Starter.
PEAK is a co-op climbing game where the slightest mistake can spell your doom. Either solo or as a group of lost nature scouts, your only hope of rescue from a mysterious island is to scale the mountain at its center. Do you have what it takes to reach the PEAK?
Titanfall® 2
WHY THIS
Priced ~70% under Evening Starter on Steam right now. Shares Action with Evening Starter.
Respawn Entertainment gives you the most advanced titan technology in its new, single player campaign & multiplayer experience. Combine & conquer with new titans & pilots, deadlier weapons, & customization and progression systems that help you and your titan flow as one unstoppable killing force.
Slay the Spire
WHY THIS
Priced ~58% under Evening Starter on Steam right now. Shares Indie with Evening Starter.
We fused card games and roguelikes together to make the best single player deckbuilder we could. Craft a unique deck, encounter bizarre creatures, discover relics of immense power, and Slay the Spire!
Inscryption
WHY THIS
Priced ~47% under Evening Starter on Steam right now. Shares Indie and Adventure with Evening Starter.
Inscryption is an inky black card-based odyssey that blends the deckbuilding roguelike, escape-room style puzzles, and psychological horror into a blood-laced smoothie. Darker still are the secrets inscrybed upon the cards...
Cookie Clicker
WHY THIS
Priced ~67% under Evening Starter on Steam right now. Shares Indie with Evening Starter.
An idle game about making cookies! Originally released in 2013 on the web, and actively developed since then. This is the official version for Steam.
Free alternatives
Free-to-play games that recommended players of this title also tend to enjoy.
Doki Doki Literature Club!
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie with Evening Starter.
The Literature Club is full of cute girls! Will you write the way into their heart? This game is not suitable for children or those who are easily disturbed.
Life is Strange - Episode 1
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Action and Adventure with Evening Starter.
Episode 1 now FREE! Life is Strange is an award-winning and critically acclaimed episodic adventure game that allows the player to rewind time and affect the past, present and future.
Ultimate Custom Night
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Action and Indie with Evening Starter.
Welcome to the ultimate FNAF mashup, featuring 50 selectable characters and custom difficulties!
Indigo Park: Chapter 1
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Action and Indie with Evening Starter.
Explore the abandoned childhood wonder of Indigo Park! Guided by Rambley the Raccoon, help restore power to the destroyed amusement park while you run from the reason it shut down.
Sheepy: A Short Adventure
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie and Adventure with Evening Starter.
A Short Handcrafted Pixel Art Platformer that follows Sheepy, an abandoned plushy brought to life. Sheepy: A Short Adventure is the first short game from MrSuicideSheep.
missed messages.
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie with Evening Starter.
‘goth gf’s iPhone’ airdrops you - accept or decline? A love/horror story about life, death, & memes.
NGU IDLE
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie and Adventure with Evening Starter.
NGU Idle is a Free To Play Idle game that's full of weird humor, tons of upgrades and hundreds of hours of content! Try out NGU Idle today and experience the joy of Numbers Going Up!
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Other recommendable Steam games by baron sengia, ranked by review count so the studio's hits land first.
Escape from Fortress Lugohm
WHY THIS
Shares an atmospheric mood with Evening Starter.
Another title from baron sengia, the studio behind Evening Starter. Shares Indie and RPG with Evening Starter.
Aisha was on her way home after having completed a mission for the guild. But on her way back, she was caught by the infamous Count Lugohm. Will she be able to escape from the clutches of Count Lugohm? Find out in this Stealth Survival RPG!
Mage of the Olekta Desert
WHY THIS
Another title from baron sengia, the studio behind Evening Starter. Shares Action and Indie with Evening Starter.
Aisha takes on a mission to deliver a letter to a mage living in the Olekta Desert. To her dismay, she must traverse the dangerous ruins and defeat the bandits and cultists that roam inside... or somehow get through unnoticed.
Castaway of the Ardusta Sea
WHY THIS
Another title from baron sengia, the studio behind Evening Starter. Shares Action and Indie with Evening Starter.
Going on another solo adventure, Aisha sets off by ship. Unfortunately, a sudden storm and the incursion of a giant sea monster hinders her path. Through the turmoil, she is thrown overboard and wakes up on an unknown island. Aisha must find her way home and survive the pirates and monsters that lurk both above ground and in the deep.
Frequently asked about Evening Starter
- Is Evening Starter verified for Steam Deck?
- Yes — Evening Starter is Steam Deck Verified, meaning Valve has confirmed it runs well on the Deck with full controller, text legibility, and default configuration support.
- How much does Evening Starter cost?
- Evening Starter is listed on Steam at 14.99 USD (current store price; Steam sales may reduce this temporarily).
- What games are most similar to Evening Starter?
- Based on Steam play patterns and shared genres/tags, the games most often recommended alongside Evening Starter are Explorers of the Abyss, Magical Valkyrie Lyristia, Kamikaze Kommittee Ouka 2.
- Who developed Evening Starter?
- Evening Starter was developed by baron sengia and published by Kagura Games.
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